Stockholm, December 1, 2009 - The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ) announced
today the results of the semi-annual review of the NASDAQ OMX Carbon Indexes
(NASDAQ:NOCO), which became effective with the market open today, December 1,
2009.
There are no changes to the tradable versions of the NASDAQ OMX Carbon indexes.
The tradable indexes consist of the most liquid EUA and CER futures traded on
ECX.
The EUA future traded on EEX will be removed from the benchmark indexes. The
benchmark indexes will from today consist of EUA futures traded on Nord Pool and
ECX and CER futures traded on ECX.
NASDAQ OMX Carbon Indexes were launched in June 2008 as the first global carbon
index family calculated by an exchange. The index family is constructed for
derivatives products as well as benchmarking purposes for the global carbon
market.
The NASDAQ OMX Carbon Index series is liquidity-based and is made up of six
indexes; three benchmark and three tradable indexes. All indexes are calculated
in both Euro and U.S. Dollar. The tradable indexes are calculated as excess
return and represent the weighted return of the price development in the
underlying future contracts, including the roll return.
For more information about the NASDAQ OMX Carbon Indexes, visit:
http://indexes.nasdaqomx.com.
About NASDAQ OMX Index Products
NASDAQ OMX is a global leader in creating and licensing strategy indexes and is
home to the most widely watched indexes in the world. As a premier, full-service
provider, NASDAQ OMX is dedicated to designing powerful indexes that are in sync
with a continually changing market environment. Utilizing the expanded coverage
of our global company, NASDAQ OMX has nearly 1,500 diverse equity, commodity and
fixed-income indexes in the U.S., Europe, and throughout world. In addition, our
calculation, licensing and marketing support provide the tools to measure and
replicate global markets. The NASDAQ OMX Index Group range of services covers
the entire business process from index design to calculation and dissemination.
For more information about NASDAQ OMX indexes, visit
https://indexes.nasdaqomx.com/.
About NASDAQ OMX
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. is the world's largest exchange
company. It delivers trading, exchange technology and public company services
across six continents, with over 3,700 listed companies. NASDAQ OMX offers
multiple capital raising solutions to companies around the globe, including its
U.S. listings market, NASDAQ OMX Nordic, NASDAQ OMX Baltic, NASDAQ OMX First
North, and the U.S. 144A sector. The company offers trading across multiple
asset classes including equities, derivatives, debt, commodities, structured
products and exchange-traded funds. NASDAQ OMX technology supports the
operations of over 70 exchanges, clearing organizations and central securities
depositories in more than 50 countries. NASDAQ OMX Nordic and NASDAQ OMX Baltic
are not legal entities but describe the common offering from NASDAQ OMX
exchanges in Helsinki, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Iceland, Tallinn, Riga, and
Vilnius. For more information about NASDAQ OMX, visit http://www.nasdaqomx.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
The matters described herein contain forward-looking statements that are made
under the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements about
NASDAQ OMX's products and offerings. We caution that these statements are not
guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from
those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties or other factors beyond
NASDAQ OMX's control. These factors include, but are not limited to factors
detailed in NASDAQ OMX's annual report on Form 10-K, and periodic reports filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to
release any revisions to any forward-looking statements. There can be no
assurance that the FSA will give the NASDAQ OMX applicant the authorization and
permissions which it seeks.
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CONTACTS:
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.
Carl Norell
+46 8 405 66 39
carl.norell@nasdaqomx.com
